Karnataka’s BJP government has stoked an unnecessary controversy over using Eidgah grounds for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. Besides being another obvious attempt at communal polarisation ahead of elections, it also exposes the blatant double standards at play in the state where vigilante groups bar Muslim traders from doing business near temples.
Competing superpowers can cooperate, Gorbachev showed—a lesson for today’s leaders
The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, who tore down the Iron Curtain, comes as a new Cold War looms. The last Soviet president had a complex legacy, but made the world safer by successfully negotiating limits on nuclear-weapons arsenals. Even competing superpowers can cooperate, Gorbachev showed—a lesson for today’s leaders.